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You’ll prefer 120dB
[…] We often use decibels, a measure of sound pressure, to describe how loud something is – but loudness is caused by how we perceive sounds, and the two often don’t line up. LEARN MORE ************ To learn more about … Continue reading
Meta-Materials: Invisibility Cloasks, Superlenses, And Earthquake Protection
[…] Metamaterials are the next technological stage “after” materials. It’s a research area that has progressed incredibly quickly in the past decade, and that includes superlenses, invisibility cloaks, earthquake protection, and also chocolate. Yes, chocolate. What are metamaterials, and what … Continue reading
Millennium Seed Bank | Advanced Biology | Science in Society
Tour the Millennium Seed Bank, see some of the main processes involved in identifying, collecting, transporting, processing and storing endangered species of seeds, and meet some of the scientists who do the work. […]
The Blind Spots of the Green Energy Transition | Olivia Lazard | TED
The world needs clean power, but decarbonization calls for a massive increase in the mining and extraction of minerals like lithium, graphite and cobalt. Environmental peacemaking expert Olivia Lazard sheds light on the scramble for these precious mineral resources — … Continue reading
…And Then 1700 People Died.
[…] This sounds crazy, but it’s true. There are lakes in the world that randomly explode, and it works in much the same way as soda cans, but on a massive scale, and cause massive death and destruction. They’re called … Continue reading
Sahelanthropus Walked Upright 7 Million Years Ago
When did the first hominins start to walk upright? How long ago did the first bipedal species emerge? I think that the answer to these questions goes back a lot further than we all previously thought and a few days … Continue reading
Neanderthals died out 40,000 years ago, but there has never been more of their DNA on Earth | The Conversation
Artist: Tom Björklund / Moesgård Museum, Author provided Here’s what we can learn from our closest extinct relatives. Neanderthals have served as a reflection of our own humanity since they were first discovered in 1856. What we think we … Continue reading
The Most Unusual Isotopes on Earth
Every element has a distinctive atomic number, including their own unique characteristics. Here are the most unusual isotopes on Earth! […]
What is Centripetal force?
The terms centrifugal and centripetal forces are the most confued concepts in physics. Let’s understand what are centripetal and centrifugal forces and which to use when. […]
